Black crusts on travertine: Factors controlling development and stability

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Török, Ákos ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Gypsum; Schmidt hammer; Travertine; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; HAMMERS; LEACHING; POWDERS; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTIONS; BLACK CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL CLIMATES; CRUST FORMATIONS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FACTORS CONTROLLING; GYPSUM CRYSTALS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; SCHMIDT HAMMER; SCHMIDT HAMMERS; SURFACE DISPLAYS; SURFACE STRENGTHS; TRAVERTINE;

LIMESTONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; TRAVERTINE; WEATHERING;

EID: 55849099280     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1297-x     Document Type: Article

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